DNR seeks public's input on CWD handling

5:43 PM,
Feb. 9, 2013

Portage, Adams and Juneau counties will host a series of public informational meetings about chronic wasting disease in deer. The three counties all had deer carcasses that tested positive for CWD recently.

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State wildlife officials are asking for the public's help after chronic wasting disease infections were discovered in the wild for the first time in three central Wisconsin counties.

In a series of public informational meetings in Portage, Adams and Juneau counties - the three counties where officials recently diagnosed the disease in deer carcasses - state officials are looking for input from deer hunters and the public on deer herd management, the annual gun deer season and the spread of the disease.

The first of the three meetings was held last week in the northern Adams County town of ...